Claudias Low Fat Spinach Bacon Quiche Muffins Recipes

CLAUDIA'S LOW FAT SPINACH & BACON QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Saute onions & garlic in olive oil, 1 minute.
• Add turkey bacon, cook until bacon is browned, but not crisp, approximately 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain. (I like to blot with a paper towel to get out all the excess grease.).
• Combine cream cheese, Eggbeaters and milk; smashing cream cheese with back of the spoon until it is broken up.
• Add salt & pepper to taste to egg mixture.
• Add bacon mixture, green onions, cheese and spinach to egg mixture.
• Unroll crescent rolls.
• Working with ¼ of the crescent rolls at a time (2 triangles), pinch seams together and roll with rolling pin out on floured board to an 8x8 square. Cut into fourths.
• Place ¼ into each muffin cavity to form 1 muffin. Press up in muffin tin to fully line the muffin cavity.
• Repeat with remaining crescent rolls.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes @ 375 degrees or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
• When slightly cooled, run knife around muffin to release. Serve or store for later use.
• Cool completely before storing in Ziplock bag.
• When ready to serve, place muffin on plate and reheat in microwave.
• Yield: 16 muffins.

MINI BACON QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place bacon slices in a single layer on a bacon rack or foil-lined, rimmed baking sheet, making sure they do not overlap.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and crisp, 10 to 11 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Increase the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with some of the rendered bacon fat.
• Saute onion and garlic in a little bacon fat over medium heat until translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Beat milk, eggs, and cream in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add spinach, Cheddar cheese, and the cooked onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper and mix with a spatula to combine.
• Make a ring of bacon by running a slice around the sides of each muffin cup. Scoop egg mixture into the center of each bacon ring.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 15 minutes.

CRUSTLESS BACON, SPINACH & SWISS QUICHE - LOW CARB

Steps:

• On a foil lined pan, cook bacon in 350 degree F. oven until crisp.
• While bacon cooks, chop onion and shred cheese.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion, and stir to coat.
• When onion turns glossy, add thawed spinach, and stir to mix. Heat about 5 minutes, then remove from heat to cool.
• Remove bacon from oven, and place on a paper-towel lined plate to drain.
• Stir together eggs, salt, pepper & heavy whipping cream in a medium bowl.
• Add in cheese, onion/spinach mixture, and bacon. Stir thoroughly to mix.
• Butter a glass pie plate or quiche dish, pour mix in, and pat evenly with a fork.
• Bake in 350 degrees F. oven 25-30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let rest 5 minutes before cutting & serving.
• I bet you can't eat just ONE slice!

CRUSTLESS QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray muffin tins w/ cooking spray.
• Fry up the bacon (cooked crispy & crumbled). You can use the bacon grease to sautee the vegetables.
• Sautee onion and peppers, then add asparagus, then mushrooms and last of all the spinach. All must be soft, but not overdone.
• Beat eggs until fluffy and add the cream, garlic salt, pepper and Italian seasonings.
• Add cheese and bacon; mix well with the eggs.
• Add the sauteed vegges and mix well.
• Pour into muffin tins (3/4 full or so).
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, but do not over cook.

CYNTHIAS CRUSTLESS QUICHE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat eggs.
• Mix in heavy cream and seasonings.
• Add cheese and meat.
• *ForMuffins: It's best to use Texas Sized muffin tins.
• Grease liberally with cooking spray and fill only 1/2-3/4 full.
• They will rise quite a bit, but settle as they cool.
• Bake at 375F degrees; start with 20 minutes though the original poster has had to cook up to 35 minutes.
• They get darker as they cook.
• This is NORMAL.
• *ForQuiche: pour mixture into greased pie plate and bake at 375 degrees for approxamately 20-25 minutes.
• To check doneness, insert a knife into quiche-it should come out clean.
• Allow to set for a few minutes before serving.
• Apparently these freeze great so you can quadruple the recipe.

CRUSTLESS INDIVIDUAL SPINACH & BACON QUICHE - LOW CARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cook bacon in large skillet on medium-high heat until crisp. Drain, cool and crumble.
• In same skillet, cook and stir onion in remaining bacon fat 5 minutes or until tender. Ad spinach, pepper, nutmeg and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat about 3 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Return bacon to skillet and remove from heat.
• Combine ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses in large bowl; mix in eggs. Add cooked spinach mixture and combine well.
• Divide mixture evenly to fill 10 muffin cps. Bake 40 minutes or until filling is set. Let stand 10 minutes. Run thin knife around edges to release. Serve hot or refrigerate and serve cold.